Guwahati, March 14 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah commenced a three-day tour of Assam and Mizoram, arriving in Jorhat on Friday evening. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other state officials welcomed him at Jorhat Airport.

Following his arrival, Shah proceeded to Dergaon in Golaghat district, approximately 26.4 km from Jorhat, where he will spend the night at the Lachit Barphukan Police Academy.

On Saturday morning, Shah will inaugurate the first phase of the Lachit Barphukan Police Academy, a project completed at a cost of Rs 167.4 crore.

He will also lay the foundation stone for the academy's second phase, a Rs 425.48-crore housing project. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Chief Minister Sarma will attend the even...